The effect of curvature on weathering rind formation: Evidence from Uranium-series isotopes in basaltic andesite weathering clasts in Guadeloupe

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-107

  Ma, Lin ^a,b,c   Chabaux, Francois ^b   Pelt, Eric ^b   Granet, Mathieu ^b   Sak, Peter B ^d   Gaillardet, Jerome ^e   Lebedeva, Marina ^a   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAST; CURVATURE; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLAGIOCLASE; POROSITY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 84855798372     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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